WHere is a home-style take on a beverage featured on our latest cocktail list. It's a batch prepared mix that's bursting with the essence of a festive period, making it ideal for a festive gathering. Any leftover syrup for morning drinks, sweets, or to mix another batch of the drink.
Bikini Recipe
Serves 10 people
Ingredients for the Clementine Cordial (yields 750ml)
300ml newly squeezed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g fine sugar
For the Drink (makes 850ml, serving 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml classic gin
150ml peach schnapps
200ml clementine cordial (see above)
Fresh cranberries, to garnish
Mandarin essential oil, for finishing
Instructions
For the Citrus Syrup: Combine the listed items into a pot, bring to a simmer, mixing until the sugar dissolves. Next, turn off the stove and let it to cool completely. Pour into an clean bottle, close it keeping it in the fridge, where it will keep for around a month.
For the Cocktail Base: Combine the specified spirits and syrup into one sizeable container, allow it to infuse for 60 minutes, then filter it preferably using muslin, making it fully clarified.
For serving: Measure 85ml of the premix to a mixing glass containing ice, and agitate lightly for a minute until cold. Strain into an cold coupe glass or similar, garnish with a few cranberries and finish using a brief mist of the essential oil over the top.
